French workers release 3M manager

This is a French TV video on the workers’ occupation of 3M in Pithiviers.

From AFP news agency:

Sacked French workers release 3M manager

Thu Mar 26, 12:15 am ET

PITHIVIERS, France – A 3M factory manager was released Thursday after being held for more than a day by angry French workers trying to force their US employer to improve their redundancy package.

Following hours of talks between representatives of labour unions, 3M-Sante and 3M France, Luc Rousselet, the manager of the company’s factory in Pithiviers, 85 kilometres (50 miles) south of Paris, left the office where he had been held since Tuesday afternoon.

“We have an agreement with 3M to provide funds to respond to our demands,” said union representative Jean-Francois Caparros.